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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2022
Mediatek Inc., Hsin-Chu, TW;
Yu-Tung Chang, Hsinchu, TW;
Yi-Chun Tsai, Hsinchu, TW;
Tung-Kai Tsai, Hsinchu, TW;
Yi-Te Chiu, Hsinchu, TW;
Shih-Yun Lin, Hsinchu, TW;
Hung-Ming Chu, Hsinchu, TW;
Yi-Feng Chen, Hsinchu, TW;
MEDIATEK INC., Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
An integrated circuit (IC) may include a plurality of functional blocks, and each functional block of the plurality of functional blocks may include hardware circuits, wherein the plurality of functional blocks may include a first functional block. In addition, the first functional block may include a first macro circuit that is positioned within a first sub-region of the first functional block, wherein among multiple sides of the first sub-region, a first side of the first sub-region is closest to a boundary of the first functional block. Additionally, a first intermediate sub-region of the first functional block is positioned between the first side of the first sub-region and the boundary of the first functional block, and there is no tap cell in the first intermediate sub-region of the first functional block.